To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5108.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5108, a bill to establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes” on September 12, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45712

  CBO publication date

  September 12, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5108, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5108

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39e37a12fdb4c38815fe03ffdd5c3991edb18d44ffbe0acf109a4be2292f4e3a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-588 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 15, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/588

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5108, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5108

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39e37a12fdb4c38815fe03ffdd5c3991edb18d44ffbe0acf109a4be2292f4e3a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6296):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5108, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5108

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39e37a12fdb4c38815fe03ffdd5c3991edb18d44ffbe0acf109a4be2292f4e3a

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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